Study Wants to Know How Teenagers and Youths Diagnosed with Cancer Disease Feel
CINTESIS is collaborating with a study that aims to understand what adolescents and young adults diagnosed with a cancer disease when they were 15 to 25 years old think and feel. In 2020, 328 new cases of cancer disease were diagnosed in young people aged 15 to 24, residents in Portugal, according to data from the Global Cancer Observatory - [...]
CINTESIS Researcher Elected for SPSim Board
Abel Nicolau, a researcher at CINTESIS and coordinator of the Center for Clinical Simulation at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), was elected to join the board of SPSim - The Portuguese Society for Simulation Applied to Health Sciences. Abel Nicolau will serve as a member for the 2023/24 biennium. "I am quite excited about this [...]
Viver Saudável // Milk: to drink or not to drink?
"Viver Saudável" spoke with experts from CINTESIS regarding the current panorama of evidence on milk consumption. Nuno Borges (CINTESIS/FCNAUP) and Conceição Calhau (CINTESIS/NOVA Medical School) provide answers to several questions in the online edition of this publication. More information here.
Teenage Boys Start Sex Life Earlier, Have More Partners and Questions about Sex
According to a study by researchers from CINTESIS/Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), adolescents and young adult men are more sexually active than girls, start their sex lives earlier, and have more partners than adolescents and young women. Published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, this paper is the first grounded on a [...]
Manuel Gonçalves-Pinho: “I’ve always had a fascination for treating people!”
Manuel Gonçalves-Pinho is one of the youngest and most promising researchers at CINTESIS, where he is part of the 2D4H research group. He was born in Porto and received his Master's Degree in Medicine (2018) and PhD (2022) from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), where he is a Guest Assistant in Psychiatry and Mental Health. [...]
Supplies for Diabetes Control Treated as Regular Trash
Many of the supplies used to control diabetes are being poorly disposed of, warns a study that included the participation of researchers from CINTESIS/Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP). Entitled "Medical sharps in Portugal: a cross-sectional survey of disposal practices among the diabetic population", this study surveyed nearly 1500 diabetics in four municipalities in northern Portugal. "According [...]